Category: Personal Development

Create SMART goals, provide a positive environment and more.

To control clutter in the office, follow the “daily” rule … Are your admin duties expanding to include financial tasks but you have never had finance training?

Ways to ease anxiety and improve concentration … How NOT to notify terminated employees … Relief for upper-body pain

Direct deposit works through the ACH network—you instruct your bank to prepare a payroll file and it disburses employees’ pay electronically to their banks. It’s clean and usually error-free because NACHA, the electronic banking organization, has rules and protocols controlling the process. At PayrollOrg’s annual Congress, we learned there are other ways to send money electronically. And you should be wary of them.

If you’re a manager, it’s a good bet that you already hold confidence in your abilities and strengths to lead your team. Where your employees are concerned, particularly those new to the workforce, they may need help building their confidence. That’s where you as a manager come in to help coach and guide them in this area. The more confidence they gain, the stronger their impact on your team and organization will be.

In your role you are expected to find the most efficient and effective ways to make use of the tools you have at your disposal. Here are a few suggestions to surf the tide, rather than get soaked.

Professional certifications and social media … group gatherings for emotional well-being … ergonomic office equipment … editing and replying in attachment previews

If your dress and grooming code includes gender-specific requirements, you could be courting a sex-discrimination lawsuit.

Trimming YouTube videos in Google Slides, repurposing files in Google Docs and creating dropdowns in Google Sheets.

In my work as an empowerment teacher, I know anger often is a product of feeling stuck in a situation in which we feel little autonomy and freedom to create change. Here are four suggestions to empower admins as managers demand a return to the office.